On Loneliness

<p><b>50 heartfelt photographs and interviews, reflecting on the universal experience of loneliness.</b></p><p><span>It’s easy to feel that we are alone in feeling alone. Not only do we suffer, but we also destroy our self-confidence with repeated convictions that we are the only ones who are so confused and at sea, the only ones without a partner and who will be alone (again) on Saturday night.</span></p><p>Through fifty touching interviews and captivating portraits by the talented photographer Julia Hawkins, this transformative book uncovers the ways that loneliness touches so many of us. <span>We hear from a diverse array of individuals whose lives have been shaped by isolation – those who feel invisible, misunderstood and alienated, as well as those who have found unexpected paths to understanding and connection.</span></p><p>We come to understand that we are not unique in our solitude, and that being alone is a natural part of the human experience - <span>a</span><span>nd so we have every reason to hold out a hand to our similarly complicated, kind and lonely neighbours. </span></p><p></p>